Do you want to know why people don't build mid-engined airplanes anymore? It's because it took until after the Second World War for folks to realize mid-engined vehicles don't make practical sense ...

The Bell P-39 Airacobra began life as an unconventional American fighter built around a huge cannon, a rear-mounted engine, ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The anecdote shows that fighter planes must be relevant to the purpose they are employed for. In the case of the P-39, a plane that didn’t work for the United States ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Colored offset lithograph of a Bell ...

Designed to meet U.S. Army Air Corps requirements, the Bell P-39 Airacobra was sidelined by American forces due to its poor high-altitude performance after the removal of its turbo-supercharger. Sent ...

Last spring many an American Airlines pilot, stopping for passengers at Buffalo, N. Y., sunburned the roof of his mouth watching the test flights of a new pursuit ship that the U. S. Army Air Corps ...

"Rare pinball tech details; earliest P-39s through last P-63s; cockpit photos; P-39 tumbling problem; laminar wing P-63; Russian export versions"--P. [1] of cover. siris_sil_631757 ...

Bell P-39 Airacobra(Courtesy Wayne R. Lusardi, State of Michigan Maritime Archaeologist) Instrument panel (left) and port running light (right)(Courtesy Wayne R. Lusardi, State of Michigan Maritime ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Ironically, the designers at Bell created a fighter that poorly fit the operational needs of the U.S. military, but that worked just fine for the low-level tactical ...